Author Topic: How Intelligent Are Other Animals? (Read 101616 times)

Corkboy · « **Reply #200 on:** November 23, 2013, 03:36:51 pm »

Quote from: capt k on November 23, 2013, 04:08:55 am

They can fuck right off, dog should have bit it in half.
its "Swooping season" here at the moment, and the bastards dive bomb you from miles away. 99% of the time {or most likely higher figures} they just scare the shit outta you.
but they have taken eyes out, broken skin and cause cyclists to fall off bikes putting them in danger .
Wouldnt mind so much as they are only protecting their nests, but their nests are high up in a fucking tree, ive no wish to climb trees anymore, therefore i am no danger to these bastards..

intelligent, my arse..

Yeah, because humans are always so nice to other animals...

Corkboy · « **Reply #201 on:** December 2, 2013, 04:09:16 pm »

Crocodiles use tools.

Grobbelrevell · « **Reply #202 on:** December 2, 2013, 04:43:57 pm »

Really enjoyed that. Fascinating stuff.

Corkboy · « **Reply #203 on:** December 3, 2013, 10:44:39 pm »

Wasps recognise each others faces.

Corkboy · « **Reply #204 on:** December 5, 2013, 03:13:45 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/hpaPJI2uSnM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/hpaPJI2uSnM</a>

Keita Success · « **Reply #205 on:** December 6, 2013, 06:09:00 pm »

This brings up the philosophical debate as to whether animals are people. I spent a year on it. Run to the hills.

Corkboy · « **Reply #206 on:** December 12, 2013, 09:23:19 pm »

Corkboy · « **Reply #207 on:** December 17, 2013, 03:11:06 pm »

Crows could be the key to understanding alien intelligence

Corkboy · « **Reply #208 on:** January 2, 2014, 08:55:10 pm »

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #209 on:** January 2, 2014, 08:58:02 pm »

One to remember for everyone who does not secure country gates properly that one Corky

Corkboy · « **Reply #210 on:** January 19, 2014, 02:41:12 pm »

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-mimosa-plants-memory-01695.html

greenkomodo · « **Reply #211 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:26:42 pm »

What does intelligence even mean? It's just a term coined by humans.

Corkboy · « **Reply #212 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:28:16 pm »

Quote from: greenkomodo on January 19, 2014, 08:26:42 pm

What does intelligence even mean? It's just a term coined by humans.

Yeah. We really should use some other animal's language.

greenkomodo · « **Reply #213 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:30:17 pm »

Just what is the definition of an intelligent animal act.

Corkboy · « **Reply #214 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:32:53 pm »

Quote from: greenkomodo on January 19, 2014, 08:30:17 pm

Just what is the definition of an intelligent animal act.

Read the thread.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #215 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:48:28 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on December 12, 2013, 09:23:19 pm

Is the bird just teasing the cat?

Corkboy · « **Reply #216 on:** January 19, 2014, 08:54:28 pm »

I think the cat might be too intelligent to take the food...

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #217 on:** January 20, 2014, 01:25:13 am »

Quote from: Corkboy on January 19, 2014, 08:28:16 pm

Yeah. We really should use some other animal's language.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #218 on:** January 20, 2014, 05:27:31 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on January 19, 2014, 08:54:28 pm

I think the cat might be too intelligent to take the food...

More likely the cat doesn't get the chance, the bird nicks its off him so quickly. Obviously doesn't like cats.

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #219 on:** January 20, 2014, 06:16:08 pm »

Of possible interest to the denizens of this thread, a documentary film Project Nim is on BBC4 tonight at 9pm.

...a research project that was mounted to determine whether a primate raised in close contact with humans could develop a limited "language" based on American Sign Language. The project was centered on a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky.

More on the real Project Nim here (it was a follow up to Project Washoe that some might recall)

It's made by James Marsh, the guy who directed Man On Wire so will likely be very good.

evie · « **Reply #220 on:** January 21, 2014, 03:46:13 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on December 12, 2013, 09:23:19 pm

this is adorable

Quote from: capt k on November 23, 2013, 04:08:55 am

They can fuck right off, dog should have bit it in half.
its "Swooping season" here at the moment, and the bastards dive bomb you from miles away. 99% of the time {or most likely higher figures} they just scare the shit outta you.
but they have taken eyes out, broken skin and cause cyclists to fall off bikes putting them in danger .
Wouldnt mind so much as they are only protecting their nests, but their nests are high up in a fucking tree, ive no wish to climb trees anymore, therefore i am no danger to these bastards..

intelligent, my arse..

I was in Australia 7 years ago and my friend and I stopped under a tree to put our backpacks down for a bit (we had no idea about the birds at the time) and this magpie just sat on the ground watching us. We thought it wanted food at first. When we started walking again I heard my friend who was walking behind me shout something and the next second it felt like something hard hit the left side of my head. I got an actual cut from the beak. It didn't just bump into me. Had to go for a tetanus shot.

Corkboy · « **Reply #221 on:** January 21, 2014, 05:04:51 pm »

Praying Mantis turns away to watch traffic. Not sure why.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_l2qf47IcE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/6_l2qf47IcE</a>

HarryLabrador · « **Reply #222 on:** January 21, 2014, 05:30:56 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on January 21, 2014, 05:04:51 pm

Praying Mantis turns away to watch traffic. Not sure why.

Isn't that just so cute. I love Praying Mantis. A Praying Mantis is able to turn it's head around just like us, which is very unusual for insects and most interestingly they are able to 'hear', ultrasonically, as unlike all other insects, they actually have one ear in the centre of their abdomen. This is to warn them of preying bats.

Chakan · « **Reply #223 on:** January 21, 2014, 06:15:30 pm »

Quote from: HarryLabrador on January 21, 2014, 05:30:56 pm

Isn't that just so cute. I love Praying Mantis. A Praying Mantis is able to turn it's head around just like us, which is very unusual for insects and most interestingly they are able to 'hear', ultrasonically, as unlike all other insects, they actually have one ear in the centre of their abdomen. This is to warn them of preying bats.

Loved them, I used to have one living in my room way back. Used to eat all the bugs that came in during the summer. I would leave the lamp on to attract the bugs and he would have a right go at them!

Corkboy · « **Reply #224 on:** January 29, 2014, 10:57:59 pm »

These are porpoises amusing themselves.

tray fenny · « **Reply #225 on:** February 11, 2014, 09:54:26 pm »

Just watching Inside The Animal Mind with Chris Packham on BBC 2, absolutely fascinating. You've got to check it out on iplayer.

wampa1 · « **Reply #226 on:** February 12, 2014, 12:34:07 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on January 29, 2014, 10:57:59 pm

These are porpoises amusing themselves.

Definitely doing it on porpoise.

Sir Harvest Fields · « **Reply #227 on:** February 12, 2014, 01:09:37 pm »

On an animal note, what does the fox say?

Corkboy · « **Reply #228 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:33:40 pm »

Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way for Orientation

"This finding represents the first convincing demonstration for the use of the starry sky for orientation in insects and provides the first documented use of the Milky Way for orientation in the animal kingdom."

Broad Spectrum · « **Reply #229 on:** February 24, 2014, 09:24:11 am »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26276660

Corkboy · « **Reply #230 on:** February 27, 2014, 11:28:23 am »

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-is-in-elephants-are-even-smarter-than-we-realized-video/

Corkboy · « **Reply #231 on:** March 5, 2014, 10:20:18 pm »

That's right. A fucking snowboarding crow. Play and tool use.

Corkboy · « **Reply #232 on:** March 5, 2014, 11:48:11 pm »

This raises an interesting and important question. If we could fly, would we still snowboard?

Broad Spectrum · « **Reply #233 on:** March 7, 2014, 12:04:51 pm »

Not a particularly nice article, but in a decade's time we will no longer read about these animals because they'll be extinct in the wild. What a shame, white rhinos are such unique animals.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/south-african-rhino-finally-put-down-after-roaming-kruger-park-for-days-with-horn-hacked-off-and-bullet-in-brain-9174189.html

*Just to warn the image is slightly disturbing.

Durlmints · « **Reply #234 on:** March 7, 2014, 12:08:14 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on March 5, 2014, 10:20:18 pm

That's right. A fucking snowboarding crow. Play and tool use.

I remember that thing about crows using bread as bait to catch fish as well.

If anyone ever says a bad word about crows I shall not stand for it.

They can snowboard, fish, and to be honest if they had their own fantasy football table I wouldn't be too surprised.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #235 on:** March 7, 2014, 12:15:02 pm »

Quote from: Durlmints on March 7, 2014, 12:08:14 pm

They can snowboard, fish, and to be honest if they had their own fantasy football table I wouldn't be too surprised.